Samanta S., Karmakar K., Ueckermann E.A., 2024.
Description of a new species of tetranychid mite and redescription of Oligonychus sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 124 (2): 103-111.

Abstract
One new species, Tetranychus caricae sp. nov., is described from specimens collected on leaves of Ficus carica L. (Moraceae) in Kamarpukur, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. Also, one tetranychid species Oligonychus sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 collected on leaves of Musa paradisiaca L. is redescribed from the Gangetic Basin of West Bengal, India.

  • https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i2/2024/172807

    • Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Other biological features

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Tetranychus caricae Samanta, Karmakar & Ueckermann, 2024.

    • Identification tools
    Species

  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 [description; illustration].

    • Host data (2 results)

  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 [Musaceae: Musa sp.];
  • Tetranychus caricae Samanta, Karmakar & Ueckermann, 2024 [Moraceae: Ficus carica].

    • Distribution data (2 results)

  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 [Oriental: India];
  • Tetranychus caricae Samanta, Karmakar & Ueckermann, 2024 [Oriental: India].

    • Other biological features